>From the data I've collected, there is a short production run of plain OM-1
that were made without prism foam! Serial numbers for those bodies starts
around 1,110,000 (not exact) and goes up until the start of 1N production
(around 1,600,000). Unfortunately, all 1N were made with prism foam.
John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
Olympus OM Service since 1977
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Powers" <lapowers57@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 12:32 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1n Maintenance Questions
>
> Already checked out your site. As soon as I pick up a second camera body
> I
> will be sending you this one.
>
>>From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
>>Reply-To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1n Maintenance Questions
>>Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 10:03:55 -0500
>>
>>
>>And you probably have the same mushy foam pressing against the pentaprism
>>under the top cover. If that foam isn't removed, it will eat through the
>>prism paint and coating, and eventually show in the finder as large
>>green/black blotches.
>>
>>John Hermanson
>>Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
>>21 South Lane, Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
>>631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
>>Olympus OM Service since 1977
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>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Gary Edwards" <zuikowarriors@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 9:58 PM
>>Subject: [OM] Re: OM-1n Maintenance Questions
>>
>>
>> >A CLA is usually a good idea every 25 years or so ;-)
>> >
>> > None of my shutter curtains have deteriorated and I have 2 OM-1s that
>>date
>> > back to about '77. With regular attention by John or Clint they should
>> > last as long as the comonly consumed parts hold out. No telling what
>>that
>> > will be, but there are donor cameras.
>> >
>> > Gary Edwards
>> >
>> > Larry Powers <lapowers57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > I have an OM-1n that I picked up a few years ago. I am just now
>> > starting
>> > to
>> > use it seriously and have a couple of questions about keeping it alive.
>> > Pictures taken with the camera look OK so I am trying to do
>> > preventative
>> > maintenance at this point.
>> >
>> > I have mushy light seals and have found info in the archive about
>>removing
>> > and replacing these as well as the mirror foam.
>> >
>>
>>
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